[ODE] Consistency

[Adam D. Moss]

david@csworkbench.com wrote:
> Unless you use a variable timestep.
> 
> 
>>Henri Hakl wrote:
>>
>>>Hi - just a quick question, is ODE deterministically consistent? In
>>>other words will it (even in complex systems) always produce the same
>>>results?
>>
>>This question seem to pop up quite often -- and the consensus is
>>'yes!'.

But it would still be consistant if you replay the same variable
steps in the same order.  I think it's obvious that any variance
you introduce yourself would need to be reproduced exactly for
the same reproduction of simulation.

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